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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Home.

The central point in every mans
man heart is home. A homeless
man is to be pitied; no face to
smile into his, no voice with the
love tremor in its tones to sound in
his ears. How solitary, indeed,
the man must be who has no home,
no loved ones to greet his coming.
Home, the very word has tone
that causes every heart-string to
vibrate. For home man does all
his toiling, all his weary thinking
and planning. AS he sits and
ponders over the uncertainties of
trade and commerce, the profits and
losses, there comes up before his
minds eye the home group. Some
times only she, who at the altar
plighted her troth, and promised to
walk side by side with him, is shell
tered there, then again bright
eyed little ones stand by her side
complete the picture of home.
As he dwells upon the picture new
strength and courage comes into
his heart. There are two sides to
the home picture, the woman side
as well as the man side. She, if
she values her position rightly,
thanks often of him who shares in
the happiness and cares of him; she
plans for him, she thinks of him in
all the daily tolls and anxieties OF
the household; in her thoughts he
has a leading place. and no picture
in the castles in Spain she builds
are complete without him. The
home is sacred place, as holy as
| the "holy of holies," was to the
Isralite of old. Every safeguard
that love can place around it must
be put there. No serpent must be
allowed to penetrate within its sa-
cred walls, no evil habits to come
between its inmates. Home, the
picture on earth of that which is
beyond; home, the Mecca of tired
humanity; home, the dream of the
exile; home, the pride of every
true heart. How is it with you,
my readers? Do you do your part
| in making home what it should be?
AS husband, wife, son or daughter,
lis home sweet to you? For, after
all, home is what you make it.
Think over it and so act that your
home may be home, indeed.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
December Gather.

There will be ice this month,
provided the mercury in the ther-
|mometer marks fifteen degrees
above zero. Should there be noice,
there will be prefanity-among ice
dealers. Young men whose week
ly wages amount to eight dollars a
week, will pay six dollars day for
a horse and sleigh-and let their
overcoats hang up at their "uncle's
a month or SO subsequently. us
ters will be more in demand than
fans, and poor families can indulge
in ice water without being con-
sidered extrayagant.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

IT BEGINS to look as though our
next term of court would be as
much of a divorce laundry as the
last one, in spite of the press and
preachers. There is no doubt but
divorces should, in many cases, be
granted, and distinction should be
made between victims of immoral
ity and those who are voluntarily
immoral It is true that man
should not put asunder what God
has joined together, but We must
not lose sight of the fact that God
has very little, if anything, to do
with some marriages. Courts should
be very careful, of course, and not
make the divorce court popular SO
wicked people can look forward to
| it even before marriage, but the
idea that divorces should never be
granted is, in our opinion, per-
vicious. We, of our own per-
sonal knowledge, know of several
cases where we are sure God
blessed the separation, whether he
| had anything to do with the joining
together or not. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, speaking of this matter,
says:
whenever a community be-
comes lax or liberal in its ideas on
these subjects, ruin and devastation
follow; hearth stones are desolated,
characters undermined and general
destruction prevails.
| Yet it behooves US to be humane
before we are Jealous. We have
no right to pass judgment ON any
person whose private life we do
not know. We have no right to
brand a woman unworthy because
she is divorced. Life is to short to
be used in wounding one another
| without just cause.
The woman who has found happi-
lness in marriage has reached the
highest joy that earth can offer;
and the woman who has met with
disappointment and sorrow in mar
riage has sounded the very depths
of earth's misery.
! 1t is good for US all to remember
this when we hear the word dl-
vorce applied to any woman.
Remember she has tasted the
very bitterest cup fate can force to
human lips, and that she has
missed the one blessing which
makes life worth living.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

THE residents of Hermann will
soon learn that nothing can be gain
ed by closing the churches, town
halls, and even the county court
house against the Rev. John A.
Brooks, the prohibition apostle,
and then add insult to injury by
hanging him in effigy. The best
Way is to treat every gentleman like
II gentleman. While we do moi
indorse Mr.. Brooks views, we
recognize that he has just as much
right to speak as we have, and that
an intolerant spirit of any kind
cannot but injure the cause it rep
resents. Jefferson City has had
considerable experience in dealing
with various men and measures, and
our citizens have discovered that il
is best to let everything run its
course. This city is just as much
opposed to DIR. Brooks ideas as
Hermann, and yet he can come
here and talk from June till eterni.
ty without being molested or in
terfered with in any way what.
ever.-Jeferson City Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
OUR OPPORTUNITY.
No Time Should be Lost In EN-
bracing tour Numerous
Advantage.

The Rural World, Of st. Louis,
calls attention to the fact that the
first annual meeting ofthe Missouri
Trotting and Pacing Association
will be held in Sedalia on the
second Thursday of next month.
The permanent location Of these
meetings has not been selected, the
organization being new one.
Kansas City and Moberly are the
only competitors in the field with
Sedalia, and there is chance that
the location can be secured for
Mexico. In speaking Of Sedalia's
advantages the World says: Zone
idea in view in calling the meeting
there was because of its central To-
cation and transportation facilities.
Another, the fact that the city was
an enterprising one, had a success
full Fair Association, ample hotel
accommodation and an abundance
OF land near to town on which a
most desirable mile track could be
constructed for the races without
much expense" OF course hotel
accommodations, railroad facilities,
location, enterprise, accessible land
for track and a successful fair asso.
ciation will also be instrumental in
securing the permanent headquar.
ters of the association, as they
were in the selection of a place fol
the initial meeting. Mexico has
them all, and if she enters the race
for the prize, both Moberly and
Sedalia must 'slook to their lau.
rels.n
The Rural World points out some
of the many advantages of these
meetings to city like either Mex.
leo, Moberly or Sedalia.. 1t esti
mates that a three days meeting
would five or ten Thousand people
out each day, more than half o
whom would be from a distance. i
is safe to place the .spendings o
each at $40, and it does not requir'
much of an imagination to Sc,
what good these meetings would b,
to Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

IS = -
economical man such AZ Mr.. Gould
Is known to be very severely Rail-
way travel tn Europe ID neither SO
luxurious nor 20 cheap a. it is in
this country, and sleeping-cars
over there are not only scarce and
uncomfortable, but highly expen-
siye, AT the same time, there are
points in the management Of the
European railways which Mr..
Gould should study and profit by.
The way in which the Europeans
keep their railway stocks out Of the
reach of financial humidity should
riyet his attention.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Tho Jonahs Of tho Party.

The political prophets Of evil,
and there are MANY of them, who
go about oracularly declaring that
"no st. Louis man can be nomi-
mated on the Democratic ticket for
Governor, and if one should be be
would run so far behind the ticket
that he would barely escape de-
feat, I" should be squelched. They
are the Jonahs Of the party, and
should be thrown overheard. So
far, there are but two st. Louis men
prominently mentioned in connec-
ton with the Governorship-D.
r. Francis and Col. Bob Claiborne.
The latter has announced himsel
and is already entered for the. race.
Mr.. Francis has not definitely de-
clared himself, but it is explicitly
understood that he would accept
the nomination, and numerous
newspapers throughout the State
have signified their determination
to support him should he conclude
to come before the people as can.
didate for the highest office in the
State.
Now, there is no man in Nilsson.
ri, who knows enough to cast a
vote intelligently, who does moi
also know that both Mr.. Francis
and Col. Claibore are the peers, in
brains and character, of any man
yet spoken of as fit and proper
person to occupy the executive
chair of this great and prosperous
State.
Mr.. Francis is known all ovel
the country as successful busi.
ness man and unexcelled financier,
a model Mayor of one of the largest
cities in the United States, and,
above all, as a Democrat sans peurel
sans reproehe.
Col. Claiborne's reputation as
lawyer, statesman and soldier il
equally well established and wide.
| ly known. while his fealty to the
Democratic party and his faithful.
ness to "old Missouri" no man
dare question.
| Why then could not either O
these gentlemen be nominated and
triumphantly elected for any office
they might seek by the Democratic
voters of this commonwealth?
1t is an insult to the intelligence
and State pride of the people liv'
ing outside of the metropolis te
say that they would object to cast
ling their ballot for a man worthy
of all the honor they can confer
upon him, simply because he hap
Ipens to live in great city and no
upon Alarm. The prejudice agains
"them city fellows exists only
among the ignorant and short
sighted, and that the number o
these within the Democratic party
lis Insignificant and impotent, thu
Critic confidentially expects to Sc.
proved beyond a doubt ere th,
next Governor of Missouri i,
chosen.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Has Mexico not one of the best

Has Mexico not one of the best
general markets of any town its
size in the State? We have every
thing on. our markets that is to be
found in the large cities. Deer
meat, California fruits and vege-
tables are found on the tables ofour
hotels, and that, with the facilities
they have and the courtesies they
are treated with, is the reason we
have SO many travelling men who
make it a special point to spend
| the Sabbath in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Ira Milligan, who recently mys

Ira Milligan, who recently mys-
teriously disappeared from his
home in Audrain county, says ho
was kidnapped by three men, drug
ged and conveyed in a wagon 70 =
point in Arkansas, where he was
turned loose with enc dollar in his
pocket to work his way back. Mil
ligan's statement seems to be a very
improbable one, but he adhcres to
it with such firmness that his
friends and family have accepted
it as true. Stranger things have
happened, and Milligan's statement
as improbable as it appears, may
be true.-Huntsville Herald.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Sad Death.
From the oeniralia GuMd.

The Uncle Tom Cabin show per-
formed here Monday night. AZ
they forgot to give the usual COM
plimentaries in return for free
puffs, we didn't go. Their best
actor--the trick jackass- died be-
fore they got here, and that's the
only thing we cared about seeing
ANYWAY.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
aA Good Man.

III TUlIl
The Mexico LEDGER asserts that,
as Col. Hutton will not again be a
candidate, Audrain's delegation
will go for Judge Robinson, oi
Pike, for Congressman from the
Seventh district ; hence there will
he no ascrambleu as some had
predicted. Judge Robinson isi q
good man, and would make an able
REPRESENTATIVE.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08


AT last it seems to be really Mr.,
Powderly's intention to resign the
position of General Master Work.
man of the Knights of Labor at the
expiration of his present term OF
office. The socialistie or ssrule-or.
ruin elements are constant source
of irritation and trouble, and Mr..
Powderly has grown tired Of
spending his strength in fighting
them, instead of working for the
growth and improvement of the
order itself. His withdrawal will
be a staggering blow at the pros.
perity of the Knights.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

WHEN we ratified the animals up
a few days since we knew we would
have some sport, and we see that
a skunk whose back was broken in
the performance don't seem to
know the show is over and is still
getting in his work as only skunk
can under such circumstances.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Yes, when the Lord Calls.

fFOsH tHV Oh tHhtIth VVsIHVs = ~
Mr.. Charles e. Peers, the carr
mine topped politician from War
rem says he will not scramble for
congressman from the seventh dis
trict but will go there If his party
calls. In the words of the negro
preacher, eyes, Lord, I'm ready.
when YOU calls s
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

PEOPLE should not judge by ap-
pearanees. A shabby old coat may
contain an editor, while the man
wearing a high-toned plug hat and
sporting dude cane may be a de-
linuuent subscriber.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

Tom CARTER has purchased the
Sturgeon Leader and will take pos
session of the Office on the first OF
January. Tom is an old reliable
journalist and we welcome him
back to the ranks.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

FORAKER is a long way from be-
ing the isfavorite son" of Ohio, il
the vote is any indication. The
official count gives him 5,4lo less
plurality than the next lowest
candidate on the Republican ticket,
and some 1000 less than the high.
IL
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08


w. X. Potts is at work on plans
for a summer and winter resort,
which, if carried out, viii result in
an institution that will be the pride
of Mexico. His idea is to con-
struct an artificial lake at some &C
cessible point, to cover several
acres. Bath houses will be erect
ed, boats put on the lake and other
improvements madeon the grounds
1t is Mr.. Potts, intention to stock
the water with fish, with which ne
hopes to be able to supply the
market of this and adjoining cities
within a short time. Arrange
ments will be made that the place
may become a skating resort during
the cold season as the water area
will be SO large as to afford plenty
of room for this sport and leave a
field of ice to be harvested and
stored in the Potts ice houses.
The plan, while novel, is such a
a good one as to meet with the
hearty endorsement of every one
who has heard of it. The lake will
likely be made just east of Hardin
College, and can be easily reached
by Jefferson street, one of the
finest thoroughfares in the city.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

THE State of Missouri needs
Judge Elijah Norton just where he
is. No man is better fitted for the
office of Supreme Judge than the
"grand old jurist." 1t is not right
and proper for him to come down
off the bench to mix in politics.
Let him remain where he is.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
The report that Ed Jacobs. who

The report that Ed. Jacobs, who
lives Just northwest of Mexico, dis
appeared Friday is a mistake.
Ed. went some distance from town
Thursday on business and did not
know he would be gone. all night,
so did not notify his family. Not
coming home his folks thought he
had met with foul play, but he
turned up all right Friday, having
stayed all night on account of the
Train.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

WE are sorry to learn that J. G..
provinces, one of the most bril-
liant editorial writer's in the State,
is in very bad health, and is going
to Fulton, Mo-, for treatment.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Five Years After.


Spa, what does a wooden we'd
ding mean9" Pa, looking over his;
paper--t'It means, my son, that "
the welded parties were free they
wooden get married again. That's
ala,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

BosToN is thus early in the field
with another new telegraph COM
pany-a candidate for the capacious
NAV of the Western Union an
aconda.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
THE advent of Thanksgiying was

THE advent of Thanksgiving was
signalized by heavy rains over the
greater portion of the drouth-
stricken West and Southwest, and
the people had something present
and tangible for which to return
hearty thanks that to an overruline
Providence.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

For a plain, ordinary ride from
Paris to Marseilles Jay Gould paid
the sum Of s32. II has been Mr..
Gould's custom in this country to
do his railway riding Of late years
as adead-head. lie even indulges
in the luxury of q special car at
times. To be compelled to stand
and deliver s32 fr five-hundred-
mile ride must have vexed an
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
The claim MURDER rr,al.

special Dispatch 20 the Ledger.
PARIS, Mo-, Dec. 2.--The jury ii
the celebrated Claim trial returned
a verdict this morning of murder
in the first degree.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

If the third-party Prohibitionist
vote goes ON steadily growing in
Ohio at the same rate it has in the
past two years, and the voting
population keeps on increasing in
its present ratio, that party will
obtain a majority in November, A.
D., 2318-that is, 426 years hence
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

WE see it stated that Hon. A. III.
Buckner is an applicant for the
the position resigned by Land Com
missioner Sparks.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

The third annual session of the
County Commissioners Conven-
ton will be held in the Court
House at Sedalia, No., December
|29 and 80, 1887.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Third Time the Charm.

The Mexico Intelligenccr for the
third time announces that Col
Hutton will not be a candidate fol
Congress. Mr.. Cook made the
third announcement for the benefi'
of the Clarksville Sentind.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

MISSOURI levles a tax of 40 cents
on the 500 valuation for State p,lr-
poses. Half of this amount is paid
for interest and reduction of the
State debt. A fourth ofthe balance
come back to the school districts as
a part of the public fund That
leaves just IS cents on the 500 to
run the State government. Hi
nois is out of debt. and yet the
State tax in that State is So cents.
The Democrats of Missouri can
make Is cents go as far as the Re-
publicans of Illinois can 53cents.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

Bill Nye arises to remark that
poker is unduly sedentary in its
nature. Bicycling is highly in
furious, especially TO skittish
horses. Boating induces malaria.
Lawn-tennis cannot be played in
the house. Archery is injurious to
those who stand around and watch
the game and pugilism is a relaxa-
ton that jars heavily on some
natures. Foot-boll produces what
may be called the endogenous or
in-growing toe-nail, string-halt and
mania. Copenhagen induces melan-
choly, and the game of bean-bagsl
is unduly exciting. Horsc-racing
is too brief and transitory as an
outdoor game, requiring weeks and
months for preparation, and last
ing only long enough for a quick
person to calculate "scat!"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
THE Anarchists who were recent.

THE Anarchists who were recent.
ly hanged in Chicago were very
proud of their records as enemies Of
society and the State. They never
took back a single utterance. And
yet Herr Most, the most ferocious
foe that society has, is trying te
fall back upon the last refuge of 6
sickly politician--"I was misquot.
II -
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

Mrs. JEFFERSON DAVIS, in a
womanly letter to friends in Ma
con, Ga, declines to have public
fund raised in behalf of her hus-
band. She says that both she and
her daughter have received educa-
tionsw hich would stand instead of
money should everything be swept
away, and they prize the blessings
of freedom and independence above
wealth. It is not often that words
such as these are spoken when
subscriptions are being called for.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Rev. shinn's Remarkable Prayer,

from tne Oouncil BluuB tin-) NouparcfI.
The Hon. Frank Shinn, who was
the Republican nominee for State
Senator, is the son of the Rev.
Shinn who made the famous prayer
in the Iowa Legislature in the carly
days when that body convened at
Iowa City. At that time the issues
in this State were Federal money
against wildcat banks and prohibi-.
ton. The Rev. Shinn was called
upon to open the House with
prayer one morning, and did so in
the following language: go God,
bless the young and growing State
of Iowa. Bless her Representa-
tives, Senators, and chief officers.
Give us sound currency, pure wa
ter,an undefied religion, for Christ's
sake, Amen" It has been many
years since the prayer was deliv-
cred, and yet for its remarkable
oonsiseness, pung6ncy, and power
it has never been equalled by =
public PRAYER since.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

The new bridge win be up in q
week or so.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
There IL Such a Thing.

Itmast be an ungenerous heaven
that fails to bless the woman who
knows how TO make good mince
pie.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Another Modern Convenience.


Marriage certificates with divorce
coupons are being introduced in
Chicago, and arc becoming very
popular.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08

THE Laddonia Herald is for
Francis.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08


Articles of incorporation of the
Mexico Machine and Music Com
pany, capital, "a, 900, we're filed in
the Recorders Office this afternoon.
The stockholders are, J. E. Gil
lingwater, eight shares; s. M.
Locke, twelve shares; w. II. Up
ham, twenty shares. Shares are
worth 500 each. The purpose Of
the company is to buy and sell
pianos, organs, sewing machines
and other merchandise in this line.
w. H. Upham, the principal stock
holder, who will be manager of
the company, will move to this city
from Bellows Falls, VT. ,:'at once.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-12-08
Sixty Thousand Useless Words,

FROM tue BuHalo courier.
"There is no man living" said
a public school teacher the other
day, t'that nows every one of the
the IS, ,OOO.words in Webster's In
abridged Dictionary, nor half nor a
third of them. Nor is there a man
that could define them if he were
asked. Shakespeare, who had the
richest vocabulary used by any
Englishman, employed only 49,
600 words. Milton could pick out
from 5000, but the average man, a
graduate from one of the great
universities, rarely has a vocabu-
larry of more than 1900 or 1900
words. Right here in Buffalo
there are Americans born and bred
who contriye to express all their
wonts and opinions in 300 words
and IN the rural districts the
knowledge of $50 or 200 words is
sufficient to carry man through
the world. So the unabridged dis
tionary is cluttered up with co.
coo or more technical or obsolete
words that you never hear in Or
dinary books and newspapers.